Overall Green Earthquake alert in Colombia on 25 May 2023 03:05 UTC

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M 6.6 in Colombia on 25 May 2023 03:05 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.8894 , -77.1231
Event Date:	25 May 2023 03:05 UTC 24 May 2023 22:05 Local
Exposed Population:	9 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000k3n3
Inserted at:	25 May 2023 03:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.2		0.2
us7000k3n3	Scaled population (raster)	0.6	Max wave alert	0.23m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.23m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1507531	0.2	25 May 2023 03:05	6.6M, 10km	6.25	9 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:28)	00:06	PTWC
1507532	0.2	25 May 2023 03:05	6.6M, 10km	6.22	9 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:28)	00:07	NTWC
1507534	0.2	25 May 2023 03:05	6.6M, 10km	6.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:17)	00:18	NEIC
1507690	0.1	25 May 2023 03:05	6.5M, 13km	6.36	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.1m (at 00:37)	1d 00:36	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Colombia ,of Choco (population 363,180) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	23000 people
	930000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1507534	-77.123/8.889	6.6	10	6.369	25 May 2023 03:27	00:21	(new episode)
2	1507534	-77.123/8.889	6.6	10	6.369	25 May 2023 03:34	00:29	(upd of #1)
3	1507534	-77.123/8.889	6.6	10	6.379	25 May 2023 05:10	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1507534	-77.123/8.889	6.6	10	6.485	26 May 2023 03:40	1d 00:35	(upd of #3)
5	1507690	-77.088/8.928	6.5	13	6.359	26 May 2023 04:40	1d 01:35	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Choco	Colombia	5300 people
San Blas	Panama	4100 people
Antioquia	Colombia	32000 people
Darien	Panama	no people
Choco	Colombia	15000 people
San Blas	Panama	3300 people
Antioquia	Colombia	320000 people
Darien	Panama	40000 people
Cordoba	Colombia	630000 people
Panama	Panama	1100 people
Choco	Colombia	no people
San Blas	Panama	no people
Antioquia	Colombia	9000 people
Darien	Panama	1200 people
Cordoba	Colombia	54000 people
Panama	Panama	<1000 people
Sucre	Colombia	80000 people
Bolivar	Colombia	3100 people
Colon	Panama	no people
Atlantico	Colombia	2000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sapzurro	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	36 km
Acandí	Chocó	Colombia	Village	-	45 km
Mulatos	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	53 km
Zepata	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	59 km
Damaquiel	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	60 km
Necoclí	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	9700 people	63 km
San Juan	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	67 km
San Juancito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	73 km
Arboletes	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	8400 people	77 km
Los Carriles	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	78 km
La Cana	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	87 km
Brunito	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	91 km
Puerto Escondito	Córdoba	Colombia	Village	-	96 km
Turbo	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	50000 people	98 km
Vaviza	Darien	Panama	Village	-	99 km
Cristo Rey	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	100 km
El Tres	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	104 km
Tenerife	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	105 km
San Pedro de Urabá	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	10000 people	108 km
Río Cedro	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	108 km
Providencia	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	110 km
El Pantano	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	114 km
Santa Lucía	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	119 km
La Rada	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	121 km
Robe Pelado	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	123 km
Apartadó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	79000 people	124 km
Los Cedros	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	125 km
Valencia	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	10000 people	128 km
Río Nuevo	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	135 km
Montería	Cordoba	Colombia	City	260000 people	137 km
San Bernardo	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	138 km
San Pelayo	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	5600 people	141 km
Mateo	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	143 km
La Honda	Choco	Colombia	Village	-	144 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	-	184 km
Chinú	Cordoba	Colombia	Village	19000 people	192 km
Sabanalarga	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	199 km
El Caño	Sucre	Colombia	Village	-	203 km
Murindó	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	215 km
Vega del Inglés	Antioquia	Colombia	Village	-	239 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Capurgana	CPB	unknown				0	37 km
Puerto Obaldia	PUE	unknown				0	41 km
Acandi	ACD	15	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	46 km
Mulatos	ULS	unknown				0	49 km
Necocli	NCI	unknown				0	61 km
Gilgal	GGL	unknown				0	62 km
Tubala	TUW	unknown				0	64 km
San Juan de Uraba	SJR	unknown				0	67 km
Mulatupo	MPP	unknown				0	71 km
Caledonia	CDE	unknown				0	76 km
Arboletas	ARO	unknown				0	77 km
Santa Maria	SMC	unknown				0	80 km
Unguia	UNC	unknown				0	95 km
Mamitupo	MPI	unknown				0	101 km
Ailigandi	AIL	unknown				0	106 km
Yaviza	PYV	unknown				0	108 km
Nueva Colonia		15				0	115 km
Uraba		30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7100	127 km
S. Jeronimo	MTR	11	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6100	143 km
Playon Chico	PYC	unknown				0	131 km
Ustupo	UTU	unknown				0	172 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Acandi		Colombia	44 km
Pito		Panama	46 km
El Real	PAELE	Panama	110 km

More information

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